Is wireless tethering safe?
I connected my Mac to it, and I also connected my Dad's iPod to it and a friends iPad, just to test it out.
Can things be uploaded/sent to my phone from doing that?
Am curious because am wanting to get an iPad 3 (sorry!) and my thinking is that I can get the wifi only version and use the 3G on my phone.
In fact, I had to connect my Mac to it for an hour or so since we lost power in the house.
How safe is tethering for both my computer and phone?
Your phone is just acting as a wireless router, simple as that. Put a password on the wireless signal as you would a router and all is fine.
No one can send anything to your phone.
The wifi version saves you on price and 3g subscriptions but not on the convenience of just being on 3g in a flash. If you don't need to be on all the time, then the wifi version is the way to go.
Which carrier are you on? As long as you stay within your plan's data package, I see no issue with occasional tethering. It's when you abuse it by letting the whole dorm leech on for hours or torrenting that 4gb Justin Bieber concert etc, that it becomes an issue.
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martyfly1990 said:
Is wireless tethering safe?
I connected my Mac to it, and I also connected my Dad's iPod to it and a friends iPad, just to test it out.
Can things be uploaded/sent to my phone from doing that?
Am curious because am wanting to get an iPad 3 (sorry!) and my thinking is that I can get the wifi only version and use the 3G on my phone.
In fact, I had to connect my Mac to it for an hour or so since we lost power in the house.
How safe is tethering for both my computer and phone?
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What's an Ipad 3?
Boo
Just simply enable security and put a password on the connection and you will be fine.
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I have a linksys wifi N router at home and my laptop connects at around 144mbps, however my phone only connects at around 72mbps..
Also my laptop always sits on my coffee table which is about 15' from my router (through one wall) and has excellent signal. But my phone usually only has good signal in the same spot. It only usually lights up like two of the wifi indicators.
Does everyone else have this issue? Are the wifi chips just not strong in the phone or what?
My laptop is currently saying that it is recieving at 54mbps, my mesmerize is showing the same speed. Although my laptop is stating that I have excellent strength, and my phone is showing fair strength. I think the wifi is only so-so in this phone, I rooted last night and just got wifi tethering going. With the phone broadcasting a hostspot next to the laptop it only gave a fair signal strength. I'm not sure if the strength of a wifi hotspot has anything to do with the recieving end of the signal though.
elijahblake said:
I have a linksys wifi N router at home and my laptop connects at around 150mbps, however my phone only connects at around 75mbps..
Also my laptop always sits on my coffee table which is about 15' from my router (through one wall) and has excellent signal. But my phone usually only has good signal in the same spot. It only usually lights up like two of the wifi indicators.
Does everyone else have this issue? Are the wifi chips just not strong in the phone or what?
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I've had this issue with both my droid and my blackberry (when I used my blackberry). I think that the wifi capabilities in phones are not as good as they are in computers.
but the reason I'm asking this is this phone is supposed to have wifi N radio in it.. Older phones only had G antennas which are only capable of 54mbps.. wifi N is theoretically capable of up to 300mbps, I've never seen anything actually connect at that speed, but it would seem that my phone which is brand new should atleast connect at the same speed as a 2 year old wifi N laptop???
imyp said:
My laptop is currently saying that it is recieving at 54mbps, my mesmerize is showing the same speed. Although my laptop is stating that I have excellent strength, and my phone is showing fair strength. I think the wifi is only so-so in this phone, I rooted last night and just got wifi tethering going. With the phone broadcasting a hostspot next to the laptop it only gave a fair signal strength. I'm not sure if the strength of a wifi hotspot has anything to do with the recieving end of the signal though.
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If your router is only G that's the max speed you will get?
Wifi is a pain in general to troubleshoot, as there could be many, many reasons why it is slow or not working at all.
General questions to be asked are:
Do you have security enabled wifi?
What kind of encryption are you using?
How many devices are connected to the network? (Wired or wireless)
Is the router set to send a wireless N signal? (most routers have that optioned, but not always running as most devices are not wireless N compatible)
I've had my phone connected at several wifi's (I travel a lot for work and am in hotels all the time) and my connection speed varies. At home I have great connection and speed test to 5megs a second download (wireless N--it connects) currently at a hotel in Colorado, 1480kbps download (wireless G)
I still stick by my thoughts as far as the wifi on the phones will never be as good as the wifi in a computer, be it a laptop or a desktop. Phones just don't have the battery power to hold a super strong/fast wifi signal.
I have wifi speed problems also but my first gen ipod touch does not seem to have issues
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skitzo_inc said:
Wifi is a pain in general to troubleshoot, as there could be many, many reasons why it is slow or not working at all.
General questions to be asked are:
Do you have security enabled wifi?
What kind of encryption are you using?
How many devices are connected to the network? (Wired or wireless)
Is the router set to send a wireless N signal? (most routers have that optioned, but not always running as most devices are not wireless N compatible)
I've had my phone connected at several wifi's (I travel a lot for work and am in hotels all the time) and my connection speed varies. At home I have great connection and speed test to 5megs a second download (wireless N--it connects) currently at a hotel in Colorado, 1480kbps download (wireless G)
I still stick by my thoughts as far as the wifi on the phones will never be as good as the wifi in a computer, be it a laptop or a desktop. Phones just don't have the battery power to hold a super strong/fast wifi signal.
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yes, the router is set to wifi N or actually it's set to all!!! I have security enabled..
There's only two devices running wifi (laptop/cell phone)
I get fast download speeds like 5000kbps down/2500kbps up when using the speedtest.net app..
But when I go to wifi settings and click on my router once it's connected whether I have Good (usually) or excellent it's only connected to my router at 72Mbps.. I have a static IP set for it..
I guess mobile phone wifi chips just aren't up to par with laptop chips
msird said:
I have wifi speed problems also but my first gen ipod touch does not seem to have issues
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My little brothers touch has the same issues with speed.
elijahblake said:
yes, the router is set to wifi N or actually it's set to all!!! I have security enabled..
There's only two devices running wifi (laptop/cell phone)
I get fast download speeds like 5000kbps down/2500kbps up when using the speedtest.net app..
But when I go to wifi settings and click on my router once it's connected but whether I have Good (usually) or excellent it's only connected to my router at 72Mbps.. I have a static IP set for it..
I guess mobile phone wifi chips just aren't up to par with laptop chips
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Those are my sentiments exactly. Even with it not being as fast, it's plenty fast for everything I need it to do, but 3g is fast enough for me generally. I only connect to wireless when I'm not in good cell service.
Hello, I'd like any feedback from any folks using the TB as their main or primary internet connection via hotspot and/or usb modem mode.
I'd like to get rid of my dsl connection, and use the TB with the unlimited 4g data.
Concerns I have include latency (for steam/online gaming), streaming stability (netflix etc), upload/download speeds and hitting any soft or hard xfer caps (usenet etc).
Since this would be the main internet connection and I have alot of devices around the house, avoiding/negating simultanious connection caps is also a concern.
Has anyone used the TB in conjunction with a normal home router, like with wrt-54/dd-wrt or a newer device like netgear wndr3700, or any router with usb modem support.
Ideally I'd prefer plug the TB into a router via usb and use it as the main internet, or alternatively have the router connect over wifi to TB, with the router performing NAT and managing ports/upnp/etc for the rest of the network devices.
Do a search for "home isp".
I have never used it as a main connection before but I have used the Wifi on it many times.. Although it is fast, it will not work as fast as a main line, especially when gaming.. Also, the ulimited 4G wireless hotspot will not always be available, unless rooted, I talked with a verizon rep about it yesterday he said although it is free right now, they will take that away later. When connecting multiple devices to the phone the speed will only go down.
Now, depending on your ISP I could be wrong, it may be faster, but if your signal is not stable your internet connection on your PC will not be either.
Just a couple things to consider before you go through with you idea. One thing you might do is try to set it up temporarily and see how it goes, but keep your DSL service up. That way you can get a better idea of what to expect.
Just because you have unlimited data on your phone doesn't mean you will have unlimited on tethering... I believe its $20 for 2GB. And if you think you'll get away with sneaking behind Verizon's back your very mistaken. They can see your doing it and dont expect them to put up with you sucking down their LTE without paying for it for very long.
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Just because you have unlimited data on your phone doesn't mean you will have unlimited on tethering... I believe its $20 for 2GB. And if you think you'll get away with sneaking behind Verizon's back your very mistaken. They can see your doing it and dont expect them to put up with you sucking down their LTE without paying for it for very long.
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I agree its not going to happen!!!
Hi
I got a HTC Sensation and when it connect to my Trendnet TEW-633GR wireless router then after some time i lose my internet connection on the phone and on all wireless equipment in my house.
It look like all equipment have got wireless connection, but i cant even open the web configurationpage of the router.
I then get my internetconnection and access to the web configurationpage of the router when i disable the wireless connection on the phone, and restarts the wireless router.
Anybody got an idea about what is going on.
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Henrik
Ok,that is just ridiculous. Sounds made up.
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Yeah mine shoots lasers and turns into a light saber. Death Star beware.
Get a real router?
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Yeah mine shoots lasers and turns into a light saber. Death Star beware.
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And I thought I was the only one!
Swyped from my HTC Sensation
Now that I saw that thread.... I think I have the same problem. Keyword: think. My Sensation just don't want to work with my home network... I can connect but I can't keep signal for nothing and everything opens up so slow when it actually manages to hang on to connection. Furthermore, ever since I got the Sensation, my network has been going down at least once a day.... Coincidence?
I haven't accessed my network from my phone yet, but I have the same problem when I connect with my nookcolor flashed with CM7. Thought it was a fluke, but it happens every time I connect. All my devices lose connectivity and I have to unplug and re-plug in my router for Internet to come back up. I also have a trendnet and have never had problems until this.
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I have a reccomendation for anyone who has a ****ty WiFi signal on any of there devices. Go buy the new D-Link HD router. I buy a new router every 6 months for the past 6 years and this router has torched everything I've ever owned. I live in a 3 story house and get full bars on any device I'm connected with. It uses beams instead of antennas but the only downside is it can only connect to 6 devices at the same time. A beam locks on to the device and fallows it all through out the house. I walked down the block and across the street to a neighbors house and my Sensation still had 2 bars. My prior router (Linksys E3000) would crap out once I got to my driveway.
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Yesterday I bought a Linksys WAP610N Access Point and after replacing the trendnet with the AP, I got no more problems.
Henrik
um maybe im not from the same country as the OP but does his/her post even make sense to any of you? cause i dont even understand it.
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um maybe im not from the same country as the OP but does his/her post even make sense to any of you? cause i dont even understand it.
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a few minutes after phone connected to the wireless network, all traffic on the wireless network died, on all component connect to the wireless network, such as pc, notebook, tablet and printer.
removing phone from the wireless network, and rebooting the wireless router got the connection back on the pc, notebook, tablet and printer.
On a sidenote my wifes SE x10 mini did reboot after some when trying to connect to the same wireless router. But that problem disappead when after som time SE came with an update to the phone.
HEenrik
This is super off-the-wall but does anyone else use a Macbook via wifi on their home network at the same time as an Android device, and notice super crappy wifi performance of just the Macbook? I am using an AT&T uverse wifi router (via motorola.)
I have tested this with a Fascinate and an Eris, and with an old Macbook 14" and a newer Pro. When wifi on the phone is turned off the macbooks seem to work pretty good (there are still times when they crap out). When the wifi is on, the phones (and my dell laptop) can connect fine, speedtest shows full bandwidth from them, but the macbooks just run super slow, even when the laptop is very close to the router.
Well, my laptop is a macbook and I use our home wifi network for internet, I occasionally use wifi at home on my phone but I'm usually on 3g (pay $30/month for it, might as well use it). But I haven't experienced issues with network performance on the macbook while there are android devices connected to the same network or not. The problem must be somewhere else in your setup?
I don't see how one could effect the other
It could be the layout and materials of the room you are in. With radio (like WiFi) more than just signal strength matters. You can get interference or reflection of the signal that can cause problems. Newer notebooks have 3 antennas to help deal with these problems.
If the notebook is older, it likely has 1 or 2 antennas and might not deal with relection as well. Not sure what you could do to fix it though to be honest
Thanks for the info, I know that it is hard to imagine that one affects the other but I tested it a few times and each time the network speed on the macbook was bad when the phone wifi was on (even when the phone was not being used) and then got a lot better when i switched the phone wifi off. It is probably related to the Motorola wifi router more so than the phone, but I figured I would see if anyone else noticed it. The funny thing is that if i switch the phone over to hotspot mode (using wifi-tether 1.6beta) and connect the macbook to it, it runs great.
Your home network speed will drop to the speed of the slowest device on that network. There are 3 different speeds of wireless network cards in today’s electronic devices – B, G and N. B is the slowest wireless connection and can be found in things like Wii consoles. N is the fastest wireless connection and can be found in things like Ipad2′s and Macbook Air’s.
A computer network in a home is only as fast as the slowest device connected to the network. Thus if your network had 1 Wireless B device, 2 wireless G devices and a wireless N device, and your neighbor's network had 3 Wireless N devices, your neighbor's network speed would be much faster than yours.
Hey guys
After much thought, I will be grabbing the WiFi model of the shield tablet
I was going to grab the galaxy tabpro/s line but gamestream is something that won me over. I can play my games on my bed when I feel like it
Now as for streaming.. I tried steam in home streaming since I don't have a nvidia gpu right now, which I will be getting in a few months..
Steam was a bit laggy, it said slow network a couple of times since I have a pretty bad wifi setup
Right now my wifi setup is my landlords wifi since it's included in my rent as utilities.
I have a router as a repeater to repeat the free wifi upstairs and then ethernet from the router to my computer
It's a pretty bad setup.. does anyone have any suggestions to improve this?
The only thing would be to get my own internet and then ask my landlord to lower my rent
Thanks
I dont know much about repeaters, but as understand from your post it just transform the wifi to cable? If that is the case you only need to attach that cable to a router with 5ghz wifi since the streaming only will use the local netwok
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Hey guys
After much thought, I will be grabbing the WiFi model of the shield tablet
I was going to grab the galaxy tabpro/s line but gamestream is something that won me over. I can play my games on my bed when I feel like it
Now as for streaming.. I tried steam in home streaming since I don't have a nvidia gpu right now, which I will be getting in a few months..
Steam was a bit laggy, it said slow network a couple of times since I have a pretty bad wifi setup
Right now my wifi setup is my landlords wifi since it's included in my rent as utilities.
I have a router as a repeater to repeat the free wifi upstairs and then ethernet from the router to my computer
It's a pretty bad setup.. does anyone have any suggestions to improve this?
The only thing would be to get my own internet and then ask my landlord to lower my rent
Thanks
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If you buying this tablet just for the streaming, understand it isn't an exclusive feature. You can use the Limelight app on most devices. But the Shield is definitely far superior to the other last-gen tablets you listed. Tegra K1 is an amazing performer.
Do you have a good router? It could be worth upgrading your router. You could get a 4G LTE portable hotspot with unlimited data and use that perhaps (or tether your own connection if you have an unlimited data plan). You can perhaps use an ethernet cable with the Shield Tablet for better signal. Drop down to the lowest settings if you have to (720P @30FPS).
Thanks
The landlords router upstairs is only 2.4GHZ so yea..
Repeaters just repeat the signal so it's better signal but will always half the bandwidth so I'm not sure how to get a better setup..
I can't change any of the APs router settings as I have no access to it